Parachute.



P. DROGAR.

PARAGHUTE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 19. 1914.

1,121,616, PatentedDec.22.1914.

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PARACHUTE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL DROOAR, a subject ofthe Emperor of Austria, residing at Tarrs, in the county ofVVestmoreland and This invention relates to certain new andusefulimprovements in parachutes.

,An object of the invention is to provide a parachute with .lateralwings operated by mechanism supported on the parachute.

frame and controlled from a seat within the frame so that the wings maybe reciprocated to either hold the parachute in an elevated position ordecrease the velocity of descent.

A further object of the invention is to provide a parachute comprising aconicallyshaped frame having a flexible covering, with a neck yoke atthe upper end of the frame, with a cross-bar supported on the frame andcarrying mechanism having a connection with the wings.

With the above general and other objects in view that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully describedand then claimed.-

In the accompanying drawings which show the preferred embodiment of thepresent inventionand to which reference is had herein by like charactersdesignating correspending parts throughout the several views: Figure 1is a vertical sectional view of my parachute. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a top planview of a portion of the wing and frame showing the Wing hinge, and,Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of Fig. 4, showing in section thehinged joint of the operating member for the wings.

Briefly described, the invention comprises.

upright members carrying a horizontally disposed arm withdownwardly-curved ends to provide stops for wings pivoted to the upperend of the main frame. cross-bar is carried by the frame and arrangedinteriorly of the covering and supports mechanism having a pitmanconnection with the wings, such mechanism beingoperated fromSpecification of Letters Patent. P t nted Dec. 22, 1914. Applicationfilcd June 19, 1914. Serial No. 846,110. a

being entirely open at the bottom as indicated in Fig. 1 and carrying attheupper end of the frame at the ring13, a neck yoke 15 embodying adrawstring 16 to securely fasten the same about'the neck of the user.The ring 13 has connected thereto by the fastening members 17 shown inFig. 4, upright arms 18 provided at their upper ends with a horizontalconnecting arm 19, the

connecting arm 19extending laterally of the uprights 18 as at 20 andprovided on their endswith stops 21. The present invention also employsa pair of oppositely-disposed wings in connection with the parachuteframe 10, such wings being preferably of triangular shape as shown inFig. 2 and comprising the frame 22 provided with a flexible covering 23similar to the cover, 14 for the frame 10. The wings 22 are pivotallyconnected to lateral projections 24 carried bythe ring 13 and betterillustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. Each wing 22 carries an inwardly directedarm 25 having the end thereof re duced to be received in the bifurcatedouter end of the arm 24 and retained in such position by the pivot pin26. The pivotal connection 26 will permit a vertical reciprocatorymovement ofthe wings 22.

Connected to the arms '25 by clamping members 27 is the upper section 28of a ball socket joint, the lower section 29 being secured thereto bythe fastening bolts 30 and retaining in .such position the ball 31carried by the upper end of the pitmen 32. These pitmen 32 are arrangedto have vertical longitudinal movement and extend.

through openings 33 provided in the cover 14' and connected at theirlower ends to the mechanism for reciprocating the wings.

A cross-bar 34 is provided on the frame 10 and hasthe central portionthereof upwardly curved and provided with an operators seat 35, therebeing provided at each side of the operators seat a U -shaped bracket36. Journaled on shafts in the brackets 36 are the meshing gears 370perv ated bythecrank handles 38 disposed inwardly of the brackets to aposition adjacent The upper shafts the operators seat 35. supportingvthe meshing gears extend outwardly of the frames 86 and have eccentricconnections 39 with thelower ends of the pitmen 32.

In the operation of the device, in descend- 'ing movement, the wings 22will be normally held upward into engagement with the stops 21 carriedby the downwardly-inclined horizontal arms 20 with the neck yoke 15seourely fastened about the neck of the userso that the air entering theopen lower: end of'theframe -10 cannot escape from the upper end thereofand in use, the operator is on the seat 35. When it is. desiredto'decrease the velocity of descent of the 'parachute, the meshing gears37 are operated through the medium ofthe crank handles 38 by the pitmanand eccentric connections 32 and 89 with the ball connection 31 to.

the wings 22; the said wings may be moved in a vertically rec procatorymovement by the mechanism herein stated.

-While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, I

do not wish to confine myself to the exact details of constructionshown, as various forms, modifications and arrangement-of the parts asshown may be had without depart,

ing from the spirit andscope of the inven "131011, as cla1nied.- v

What I claim as new is I 2 1. In a parachute, a conically shaped frame,a covering therefor, 'a neck yoke carried by the upper end of saidframe, very I tical arms connected to the upper end of the frame, ahorizontal arm connecting the upper ends of the vertical arms and pro-VldGCl with lateral extensions, a. wing pivoted to each side of'theframe and adapted I Copies this patent may be obtained for .atingsaid'gears;

at theupper end thereof, wings pivoted to nected to the other ends ofthe pitmen,

toengage the lateral extensions in the limit of their upward *movement,and means within said frame connected to said Wings to cause the same tohepreciprocated. V I

2. In a parachute, a frame, ajflexible cov- 1';

ering for the frame, wings pivoted to said frame, meshing gearssupported on -saidi' frame, pitman connections .between the meshinggears'and the wings, the connection between the pitmen and wingsconsisting of a balla'nd socket joint, and means for operframe andengagingsaid wingsv to cause the same tobe reciprocated.

4. In a parachute, fa frame, a cover for said frame, a cross-bar carriedby the frame,

wings pivoted toi the frame, a "pair of bracket-arms carried by thecross-bar, mesh ing gears mounted in each bracket, means for operatingthegears, and means connecting the gears to the wings-to cause the wingsto be reciprocated. I 1

5. In a parachute, a frame, Q'flGXlblG cover forthe frame having a headopening the frame exteriorly" of l the cover, pitmen having ballconnections with the wings, and operating mechan sm for the: -w ngs con-In testimony whereof Iafiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses. v

PAUL DROCAR.

Witnesses: v 1 i TOM Horion, 1 JOHNVDROOAR; I

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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